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Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, October 28, 2015

VOL. 254 NO. 20 October 28, 2015

Programs

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LRS-B: Northrop Grumman’s B-2, RQ-180 Experience Wins Out

Oct 27, 2015
Northrop Grumman is the winner of the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) contest, beating a rival team with six times its annual sales.
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Sikorsky Begins Flight Tests Of CH-53K

Oct 27, 2015
The 30-min low-speed flight of the first engineering development model (EDM-1) begins a three-year, 2,000-hr. flight test program.
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Next-Generation Bomber Paved Way For LRS-B

Oct 27, 2015
The Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program and today’s source selection cannot be understood without looking at LRS-B’s roots.
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U.S. Navy Buying 15 More EA-18G Growlers

Oct 27, 2015
U.S. Navy officials have made it clear they expect to rely on the Growlers more, even as the F-35C carrier-variant Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) come on line.
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South Korean Missile Defense System AESA Radar Showcased

Oct 27, 2015
A proposed South Korean air and missile defense system comparable with the Lockheed Martin Thaad will employ a large trailer-mounted radar with an active electronically scanning array radar.
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New Horizons Maneuvers Toward Kuiper Belt Object

Oct 27, 2015
Controllers operating the New Horizons Pluto probe have confirmed that the nuclear-powered spacecraft completed the second of four maneuvers designed to take it past a lone Kuiper Belt Object at the beginning of 2019.

SpeedNews Defense & Space

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SpeedNews Defense & Space

Oct 29, 2015
LOCKHEED MARTIN has $260m U.S. Air Force contract for...

In Brief

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Analyst: Bombardier/Beaudoin Family May Sell Stake

Oct 29, 2015
The Bombardier/Beaudoin family may want out of the troubled Canadian aerospace manufacturer after all.

Funding & Policy

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Mabus Appoints U.S. Navy Unmanned Systems Chief

Oct 27, 2015
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has named retired U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley to be the first deputy assistant secretary of the navy (DASN) for unmanned systems.
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NASA’s Earth Sciences Budget Needs Prioritizing, Report Says

Oct 27, 2015
A NAS report says NASA’s Earth Sciences Division budget is constrained and in need of a framework for prioritizing its choices for space missions.

Fleet Snapshot

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Fleet Snapshot: A330 Multirole Tanker Transport

Oct 29, 2015
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